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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
SVDP Wins Major Grant for “Model Sites”
T. LOUIS/EWORLDWIRE/May 5, 2005 --- The St. Vincent de Paul National Council's "SVdP Model Sites: An Options for Development Project" goal is to more effectively serve the poor through the expansion of fund development work at the Society's regional and local levels....
First Anniversary of Canonization of SVDP Member – May 16
Gianna Beretta Molla Gesiel Junior of the Brazilian SVDP wrote this appreciation of Gianna Beretta Molla who was canonized one year ago by the late Pope john Paul II. (Translation from the Portugues by Amelia Bonfim.) For quite a long time, saints and beatified people...
DC (Great Britain) Provincial Meeting
From the 25-29 April Sisters gathered from North, South, East and West of Britain to participate in a five day Province Meeting in Ushaw College outside Durham, in the North East of England. Not everyone could manage to attend because of age, ill-health or the demands...
UNICEF and WHO launch World Malaria Report
NEW YORK, 3 May 2005: UNICEF and the World Health Organization have jointly launched the first-ever ‘World Malaria Report’, at UNICEF headquarters in New York. United Nations Children's Fund Officiating at the event were UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman, the...
Another View of World Health Report on Malaria
... critics argue that the WHO, UNICEF and its partners in the Roll Back Malaria program have been ineffective in fighting the disease. Voice of America UN: More People Getting Malaria Treatment By David McAlary Washington 03 May 2005 The World Health Organization...
National Vincentian Family Gathering Site Updated
The National Vincentian Family Gathering site has been updated with reports on what happened, a photo gallery, dates of future meeting, etc.Under the advocacy, young adult and formation links there are summaries of discussion for next steps to be taken....
CM Archbishop Re-appointed by Benedict XVI
Pope John Paul II has appointed a Slovenian prefect of the Congregation for Religious and a Croatian secretary general of the Synod of Bishops.Archbishop Rode, a 69-year-old Lazarist priest, has previously served at the Vatican as secretary of the Pontifical Council...
The Tsunami and the Vincentian Family
On April 22, the St. Vincent de Paul Society (SSVP) organized a get-together in Salamanca, with representatives of AIC, Daughters of Charity and the Congregation of the Mission, to exchange points of view towards an effective collaboration in favor of the victims of...
Collaborative Vincentian Formation in Brazil
Major branches of the Vincentian Family in Brazil collaborated in a Vincentian School of Formation. They have also made plans for more such gatherings.SCHOOL OF VINCENTIAN FORMATION Fortaleza, Caerá – Brazil, 09 y 10 April 2005 Chronicle Encouraged by the Vincentian...
THE FIRST VINCENTIAN BISHOP IN AUSTRALIA
MARSFIELD NSW, May 2, 2005: An article titled The First Vincentian Bishop in Australia - Michael O'Farrell CM, written by Fr Greg Cooney CM, is now available on the Studies Pages of this Site. The article was first printed in Oceania Vincentian (Vol 5 September 2004),...
